Compay Segundo

I play music the way it was played in yesteryear. ↗

— Compay Segundo

#music #play #play music #played #way

I'll only stop singing when I'm in my grave. ↗

— Compay Segundo

#i #only #singing #stop

I'm still strong and in the best shape to continue living my life. ↗

— Compay Segundo

#continue #i #life #living #my life

I've done a lot of things away from my homeland. ↗

— Compay Segundo

#done #homeland #i #lot #things

My secret? A desire to work, years of dedication and loving what you do; I can't live without music. ↗

— Compay Segundo

#desire #i #live #loving #music

Ry Cooder for me is a master, a great master that has a wonderful feel for Cuban music. He's also paid tribute my talent a bit, even though I don't know half of what he knows. ↗

— Compay Segundo

#bit #cuban #even #feel #great

The music that I play and that I like is traditional music, maybe it's because of my age. ↗

— Compay Segundo

#because #i #like #maybe #music

The roots of Cuban music are in my head. ↗

— Compay Segundo

#head #music #roots

Towns are suffering from all these things, we should unite until we are all satisfied, man cannot be killing each other as if we were animals, as if we had no culture; that is a lack of culture. ↗

— Compay Segundo

#culture #each #had #killing #lack

When it comes to musicians, I'm like the daddy of musicians here in Cuba. ↗

— Compay Segundo

#cuba #daddy #here #i #like